1. M/S/P to approve minutes of meeting of 9/29 with discussed changes.

2. Announcements and Reminders

a.There is a bill before the legislature to encourage transfer of credits
from tech colleges to universities in the UW System. Part of this
legislation would require all colleges, universities and technical colleges
offering Liberal Arts Associate Degrees to have uniform Gen Ed programs. It was
noted that members should pay attention to this because it has relevance to Gen
Ed here.

b.The Chair again announced that there are many meetings dealing with
assessment that are available for members to attend. The Provost will
provide support for attending such meetings. Anyone interested should
contact the Chair.

3. Old Business

a.The new criteria/forms for submitting Gen Ed course proposals was
reviewed again. The Chair had incorporated suggestions from the previous
meeting and presented a revised draft. The following major changes were agreed
on by consensus.

(1) Eliminate Level #1 in the table,
“Importance (Emphasis placed on outcome in the course) of Outcome” so that there
are only 3 levels. The three levels, from least emphasis to most emphasis,
are (1) Outcome is Introduced, (2) Outcome is Very Important in the Course, and
(3) Outcome is a Major Emphasis in the Course.

(2) Eliminate the description and check
boxes identifying the course as either a depth or breadth course.

(3) Addition of an example course that
included the table of outcomes, a description of how the outcomes would be
incorporated into the course and the student learning activities, and a
description of what students should be able to do and know (the outcome) written
in the context of the specific course and discipline.

The Chair will circulate
to members a newly revised version of the criteria that includes the suggested
changes. Members are asked to provide feedback ASAP so that it can be
presented to SEC and then Faculty Senate.

Note: The
following two items should be revisited in the future for addition into the
review criteria/form for Gen Ed courses. “How is the course appropriate
for the general student population or how does it help to make the student a
good citizen?” and “What really makes a gen ed course a gen ed course?”

b.By consensus it was determined that the dates initially set for review of
Gen Ed course proposals and WIMP proposals of Nov 3rd and 17th
be changed to Nov 17th and Dec 1st. The spring
review dates of Feb 2nd and 16th were kept as is.

c.Membership of the subcommittees was reviewed and new member names were
shared.

The Assessment and Structure Groups have
identified a time to meet for their first meeting.

The chair has sent e-mails to associate
deans of each college asking them to identify possible individuals who would be
willing to serve on the assessment committee. She is also in the process
of identifying individuals from each college who may be willing to serve on the
Structure Group.